Chartered Learjet crashes in Palm Beach County, Florida with 9 aboard
A chartered Learjet 60 departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas on Sunday morning and crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, approximately two hours later, just before 1 p.m. The aircraft was carrying 9 people.
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- ✓A chartered Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida. (ABC News)
- ✓The aircraft departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. (ABC News)
- ✓The crash occurred on a Sunday morning, approximately two hours after takeoff, just before 1 p.m. (ABC News)
- ✓The aircraft was carrying 9 people. (ABC News)
- ✓100 mainstream media articles covered this incident. (Source metadata)
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Source typeGeneral Newsroom·T6
Content typeReported
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Coverage9 of 15 major US outlets
PublishedNovember 2, 2026 at 3:57 AM PST
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